Serpent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SER'PENT, n. [L. serpens ... malicious person. 5. In mythology, a symbol of the sun. Serpent stones or snake stones, are fossil shells of different sizes ... 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: snake, serpent, ophidian] 2: a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ... s noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin serpent-, serpens, from present participle of serpere to creep; akin to ... wood, roughly in the form of an S. 4 (the Serpent) Bibl. Satan (see Gen. 3, Rev. 20). Etymology: ME f ... serpens -entis part. of serpere creep Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. ...
serpent star definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... from a small central disc [syn: brittle star, brittle-star, serpent star] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species ...
Tree serpent definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ... serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circa["e]tus Gallicus. Serpent eater. (Zo[" ...
serpent eater definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Secretary Sec"re*ta ... of killing and devouring snakes of all kinds. Called also serpent eater. Syn: See the Note under Clerk, n., 4. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species ...
Serpent's tongue definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ... serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circa["e]tus Gallicus. Serpent eater. (Zo[" ...
Serpent withe definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ... serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circa["e]tus Gallicus. Serpent eater. (Zo[" ...
Serpent fish definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ... serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circa["e]tus Gallicus. Serpent eater. (Zo[" ...
Pharaoh's serpent definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ... serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circa["e]tus Gallicus. Serpent eater. (Zo[" ...
Serpent eage definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ... serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circa["e]tus Gallicus. Serpent eater. (Zo[" ...
Serpent cucumber definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Serpent Ser"pent, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia ... into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning ... a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. Serpent eage (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of ... serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is Circa["e]tus Gallicus. Serpent eater. (Zo[" ...
... DRAGON, n. [L., Gr., G.] 1. A kind of winged serpent, much celebrated in the romances of the middle ages. 2. A fiery, shooting meteor, or imaginary serpent. Swift, swift, ye dragons of the night! That dawning may ... dragon seems sometimes to signify a large marine fish or serpent, Isaiah 27. Where the leviathan is also mentioned; also Psalms 74. Sometimes it seems to signify a venomous land serpent. Psalms 91. The dragon shalt thou trample under foot. It ... often used for the devil, who is called the old serpent. Revelations 20:2. DRAGON, n. A genus of animals, the ... Middle English, from Anglo-French dragun, from Latin dracon-, draco serpent, dragon, from Greek drak?n serpent; akin to Old ...
SERPENT WORSHIP definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia wur'-ship: Traces of ... of Israel. Stade mentions that W. R. Smith supposed the serpent to be the totem of the house of David (Geschichte ... I, 465). H. P. Smith says: "We know of a Serpent's Stone near Jerusalem, which was the site of a ... Special reliance is placed on the narrative of the brazen serpent, which Hezekiah is recorded to have destroyed as leading to ... worshipped in the temple from the time of its erection. Serpent worship is so widespread that we should be surprised not ...
SERPENT, CROOKED definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia krook'-ed: With reference ... 26:13, the Revised Version (British and American) "the swift serpent," margin "fleeing"; and Isa 27:1, the Revised Version margin ... part of the latter passage, the King James Version "piercing serpent" is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "swift serpent," margin "gliding" or "fleeing." See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 1.
Serpent, Fiery definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary (LXX. "deadly," Vulg. "burning ... their behalf, and by divine direction he made a "brazen serpent," and raised it on a pole in the midst of ... healed. (Comp. John 3:14, 15.) (See ASP.) This "brazen serpent" was preserved by the Israelites till the days of Hezekiah ... Kings 18:4). (See BRASS.) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia See SERPENT, 3, (2).